Church or chapel
Jõelähtme Church
German: Jegelecht
Jõelähtme had a wooden church in the 1220s, one of the first in Harju and Viru counties, and St Mary's here is mentioned in 1241. The medieval stone church was also a fortress and a warehouse: a stair in the west wall led to a safe lord's gallery, and the bell turret was set off-centre towards the north so that sacks of goods and grain could be winched up into the loft without fouling the defensive oriel over the door. Vaulted into three aisles in the later 14th century, it lost its tower and roof in a fire on 2 September 1910 and got its massive present tower in 1911–1912.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Jõelähtmel oli puukirik juba 1220. aastatel, üks esimesi Harju- ja Virumaal, ning siinset Maarja kirikut mainitakse 1241. aastal. Keskaegne kivikirik oli ühtlasi kindlus ja ladu: lääneseina müüritrepp viis turvalisele valitsejarõdule ning haritorn oli nihutatud põhja poole, et portaali kaitsvat ärkelkantslit segamata saaks kauba- ja viljakotte laepealsele vinnata. 14. sajandi teisel poolel võlviti see kolmelööviliseks, 2. septembri 1910 tulekahjus hävisid torn ja katus ning 1911–1912 ehitati praegune massiivne torn.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B5el%C3%A4htme_kirik ↗